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Trail del Cinghiale 20K - Course Data, Elevation and Cutoffs
- Palazzuolo sul Senio, Italy
- 20 km12.4 mi
- 1,041 m3,415 ft D+
- 1 ITRA point
The 2026 edition
The 2026 edition of Trail del Cinghiale 20K has finished.
The 2026 edition in numbers
- Finishers
- 382
- Median finish time
- 2:55:05
Map, checkpoints and cutoffs Map · checkpoints · forecast opens Oct 21 Race-day forecast is live
Race-day conditions
Weather and daylight along the course and at all 2 checkpoints, set to the 09:30 start.
- Start
- 09:30
- Daylight at the start
- 07:47-18:07
- Distance
- 19.99 km12.4 mi
- Elevation
- +1,041 m+3,415 ft-1,041 m-3,415 ftAbout 52 m of climb per kmAbout 275 ft of climb per mile
Next editionEst. Sat 30 Oct 2027
Estimated from the 2026 edition (Sat 31 Oct 2026). Not yet announced by the organiser.
- Start
- Winner~1h421h42 after the start
- Median finisher2026 median2h55 after the start
- Cutoff6h after the start
Trail del Cinghiale 20K is a 19.99 km loop from Palazzuolo sul Senio with 1,041 m of climbing, starting at 09:30 on Saturday 31 October 2026 and running to a 6-hour limit. It is the event's short course and its biggest field: 344 people finished it in 2025, more than the other distances combined.
Short does not mean flat. At 52 m of climbing per kilometre the 20K is as steep per kilometre as the 50K, packed into a fifth of the distance, and the 2025 finish spread says how it runs: the winner came in at 1:39:23 and the last finisher at 5:17:54, a range of well over three hours on a course under 20 km. The climbing arrives early and on forest track, the descents back towards the village are steep enough to matter on tired legs, and a late-October morning on these ridges can be wet. It is the accessible distance of the weekend rather than an easy one, and with a 09:30 start it is the only race here run entirely in daylight. The organiser lists one aid point and publishes no intermediate time gate, so the table below carries the start, the finish and the 6-hour limit.
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide.
Other distances at Trail del Cinghiale
| Race | Distance | D+ | Cutoff | Next start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinghiale 100K | 99.7 km62 mi | 5,091 m16,703 ft | 25h00 | Oct 29, 2027 (est.) |
| Cinghiale 50K | 50.9 km31.6 mi | 2,814 m9,232 ft | 14h00 | Oct 30, 2027 (est.) |
| Cinghiale 20K (this page) | 20 km12.4 mi | 1,041 m3,415 ft | 6h00 | Oct 30, 2027 (est.) |
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Trail del Cinghiale 20K · 2026
Finish times, 2026 edition
382 runners finished. Half of them took longer than 2:55:05.That left the median finisher 3:04:55 inside the 6h cutoff.
Median finish
2:55:05
Half of the 382 finishers were still out there at this point.
3:04:55in hand before the 6h cutoff
The start line
Men and women
Two medians on the same scale. The bars run from the start to the cutoff, so the gap between them is the gap in time.
Men
2:45:31
median finish; average 2:50:17
266 finishers, 70% of the field
Women
3:18:51
median finish; average 3:18:21
116 finishers, 30% of the field
0:33:20 separates the two medians, across 266 men and 116 women.
Finish time by age group
Every track runs from the start to the 6h cutoff, so the empty part of a bar is the time that group's median finisher still had. Men and women are drawn on the same scale.
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 2:42:25 | 202 | |
| MO | 2:55:30 | 64 |
| Age | Median finish | Median against the cutoff | Finishers |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU | 3:06:26 | 89 | |
| FO | 3:43:29 | 27 |
Full bar: 20 finishers or more. Tick alone: fewer than 20, too few for a median to say much. The shaded row is the biggest group.
Where the finishers came from
97% of the finishers came from Italy alone.
| Nation | Finishers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ItalyIT | 37197.1% | |
| GermanyDE | 30.8% | |
| SwitzerlandCH | 20.5% | |
| San MarinoSM | 20.5% | |
| BelgiumBE | 10.3% | |
| FranceFR | 10.3% | |
| RomaniaRO | 10.3% | |
| RussiaRU | 10.3% |
Bar length is against the largest nation. The smallest counts are drawn at a minimum visible width, so their bars are not to scale.
Edition by edition
Every edition we have recomputed in full, newest first. The course, the weather and the field change from year to year, so a slower edition is not a harder one.
| Edition | Distance run | Starters | Finishers | Finish rate | Median finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Latest | 19.99 km12.4 mi | - | 382 | - | 2:55:05 |
| 2025 | 19.86 km12.3 mi | - | 344 | - | 3:06:36 |
How these numbers were computed
These are times for runners who finished. They exclude everyone who started and did not, so they describe how long finishing took, not how long the race takes. Bands with only a handful of finishers move a lot from one edition to the next.
We plot the median, not the average. A handful of very quick runners drags the average well below the time half the field actually beat, so the median is the honest number to plan against.
Nationality here shows who travels to this race, not who runs it best. That alone is why a host nation tops almost every list.
Computed from the full official results, verifiedNovember 7, 2026 - Official results
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Aid stations and checkpoints
| Checkpoint | KmMi | Cumulative gain (m)Cumulative gain (ft) | Cumulative loss (m)Cumulative loss (ft) | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start - Palazzuolo sul Senio | 00 | 00 | 00 | - |
| Palazzuolo sul Senio (Finish) | 19.9912.4 | 1,0413,415 | 1,0413,415 | Sat 15:30 |
Data is approximate and courses change between editions - always verify against the official race guide. Source: official race guide, verifiedSeptember 20, 2026 - Official race website
Compare your time with the 2026 finishers
Official 2026 results, medians only. Categories with fewer than 20 finishers are left out.
FAQ
How long is Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
Trail del Cinghiale 20K covers 19.99 km (about 12 miles) as a loop starting and finishing in Palazzuolo sul Senio, in the Apennines between Tuscany and Romagna.
How much elevation gain does Trail del Cinghiale 20K have?
The organiser gives 1,041 m of climbing and 1,041 m of descent - about 52 m per kilometre, a steeper ratio than the 100K.
What is the cutoff time for Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
The overall limit is 6 hours from the 09:30 start on Saturday 31 October 2026, so the finish closes at 15:30. There is one aid point and no published intermediate time gate.
What is a typical finish time for Trail del Cinghiale 20K?
Of the 344 finishers in 2025, the median time was 3:06:36 against a mean of 3:10:08. Men finished in 2:55:27 median and women in 3:33:46. The winner ran 1:39:23 and the last finisher 5:17:54.
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